December 20, 1990

DALE CORNELL

MILLERSVILLE -- Funeral service for Dale Cornell of Millersville Route 1 will be held at 11 a.m. today at Mccombs Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. Ronnie Brown will officiate, with burial in Old Salem Cemetery near here. Cornell, 70 years old, died Monday, Dec. 17, 1990, at St. Francis Medical Center...

MILLERSVILLE -- Funeral service for Dale Cornell of Millersville Route 1 will be held at 11 a.m. today at Mccombs Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. Ronnie Brown will officiate, with burial in Old Salem Cemetery near here.

Cornell, 70 years old, died Monday, Dec. 17, 1990, at St. Francis Medical Center.

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He was born Feb. 13, 1920, in Akron, Ohio, son of Walter Thather and Zelta Cornell. He and the former Fredia Smith Welker were married Feb. 20, 1969.

Cornell retired from the military in 1963, having served in the U.S. Marines and U.S. Army. From 1971-85 he was an engineer with Wisconsin Barge Line. He was a member of Altenthal-Joerns American Legion Post in Jackson.

Survivors include a son, Paul Welker of Millersville; two daughters, Virginia Welker of Millersville, Opal Drum of Perryville, and five grandchildren.

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